* Please note that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at SUNY Stony Brook as of January 2013. Contact info will retain Stanford affiliation until that time.
Research Interests
Human genetic variation outside of Africa is greatly reduced compared to the amount of genetic variation found within Africa. Populations from neighboring regions in Africa, e.g. east vs. south, can be as different genetically as, for example, the Italians differ from the Chinese. I have focused primarily on the demographic history of African hunter-gatherer populations like the Hadza and Sandawe of Tanzania, and Kalahari KhoeSan populations of South Africa. I continue to be interested in topics at the intersection of genetics and anthropology such as the evolution of human longevity and natural selection on skin pigmentation. My current research projects in the Bustamante Lab include: the history of migration into North Africa, fieldwork in southern Africa, refining migration models of the Out-of-Africa expansion using full genome sequence data, patterns of selection in populations with different demographic histories and phenotype/genotype associations in diverse populations.
